Islam Misgivings and History

Islam Misgivings and History Book Description

About the book:

Islam is often misundestood because of certain fundamentalists who have turned jihad into a misnomer and lead the youth astray. This book digs the truth out of the closet and clears the haze off the myths which have been passed off as holy Preachings. The articles reflect the author's impeccable understanding of Islam and Qur'anic teachings. Sensitive issues like gender and feminism along with other commonly debated theories on science, corporal punishment, Hindutva, cow slaughter and violence have been astutely dealth with. Ali discourses on several disputed issues and quotes extensively from Qur'an. He unravels the mystery of the "Missing Verse" in whose guise people take undue liberties and also demystifies the world kafir. He refuted those who preach that science and Islam are Oxymorons and unveils the hidden similarities between the two. He gives even arguments on the rights of women and does not shy away from admitting the shortcoming of people in interpreting them. He dives into the unfathomable and rediscovers the origin of Islam.

About Author :
Dr Asghar Ali Engineer was born in Rajasthan in 1939. He graduated in civil engineering from Indore, Madhya pradesh nad also took training in Health, tawil, fiqh and Qur'anic tafsir. An internationally renowned scholar of Islam, he has published over 50 books on Islam including Rights of Women in Islam, Liberation Theology in Islam, Communalism and Communal Harmony. He is peace activist and is currenlty leading a reform movement in Bohra Muslim Community to which he belongs. He was awarded the National Communal Harmony Awards by Government of India in 1998 and the Right Livelihood Award, also known as Alternative Nobel Award by Swedish Academy, in 2004. He was conferred Honorary Doctorate by Calcutta University in 1993 and Hamdard Islamic University, Delhi in 2005. He is Founding Chairman of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism and Institute of Islamic Studies

Contents :
Preface
Section I
MACRO VIEW
Faith Ebbs Amid History's Flow
On the Cause of Violence In Early Islamic Society
Liberative Theology
Islam in the Eyes of a Theosophist
Islam, Morality and State
On Understanding the Qur'an
Is Progressive Islam Possible'
Religion and Science-An Islamic Viewpoint
Governance and Religion
Section II
MICRO VIEW
Islam and Feminism
Islamand Punishment for Apostasy
The Institution fo Fatwa
Adultery and Qur'anic Punishment
Shari'ah or Civil Law in Secular India
How Islam Views Hinduism
Women's Discourse in Qur'an -Rights-based or Duty-based
On Kufr, Jihad, Cow Slaughter and Dar Al-harb

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